The National Academy of Medicine reports burnout rates this year as high at 54% among nurses and physicians. Yet, even prior to the Covid pandemic, many health care providers were experiencing burnout, compassion fatigue, and even, moral injury.

 

There have been helpful solutions implemented in many healthcare systems such as self-care strategies, strengthening resilience, and employing better coping mechanisms. However, these interventions often lack a spiritual component. We must ask ourselves how health care providers can be expected to provide holistic care to his/her patients without having all of these needs met for themselves first?